Banter sessions (inc table of all sessions)
Includes table of all banter sessions, past and future - see below.
Last updated
Includes table of all banter sessions, past and future - see below.
Last updated
Banter sessions are given weekly on Wednesdays at noon via Zoom. They present a friendly, cooperative forum that aims to provide helpful tips and suggestions, with plenty of lively discussion! Nominally lasting for 60 minutes (with over-runs quite common), the format is:
Introduction and Catchup - about 10 minutes whilst awaiting the latecomers
Presentation on the topic of the day - 15 - 25 minutes
Q & A session
Sessions are recorded, and the video, presentation, chat and leads are all made available via this site.
Sessions are nominally targeted at parish and town councils, and community groups, to help them understand and contribute to local actions aiming to reach Net Zero. However, all are very welcome, whether as individuals or as representatives of groups - and hopefully as presenters at future sessions (please see table below for availability of future sessions).
The table below lists banter sessions past and future, in chronological order. Clicking on the Title of any completed session will take you to full details of that session, including links to the video, and to any presentation that goes with it. From the start of 2025, the table shows the sessions in reverse chronological order, ie the latest sessions - and in particular future sessions - are at the top.
Please note that .pdf files are often used for presentations, to save space. Should you wish for the original presentation in full, please email hello@greatcollaboration
You can register for future banter sessions here
Pilot Project
14May25
David Morgan-Jones
Ewshot Parish Council
Libraries and Net Zero
07May25
Anna Mcmaho
Cambridgeshire Library Service
Corsham’s climate plans, our biodiversity work, running an ECO fair…
30Apr25
Garry Ford
Environmental Officer, Corsham Town Council
National Education Nature Park
23Apr
Nature Park is a 5-year programme, launched in October 2023, as part of the Department for Educations Climate Change and Sustainability Strategy. It’s all about increasing biodiversity in school grounds and children gaining a real connection with nature and having the skills to act on climate change. It’s free for every nursery, primary, secondary school, and college to sign up to in Eng
Martin Harrison
Pilot Project
16Apr25
David Morgan-Jones
Ewshot Parish Council
TBD
09Apr25
Frome Town Council
Lessons from Manchester City: first carbon literacy city
02Apr25
Linda Foley
Carbon Literacy Project
26Mar25
The Middle Marches Land Trust in Shropshire, its goals, its achievements, and how it works - and its future potential; Tom looks at CLTs across England and Wales, the impact of whole clusters of communities working together, and the force for good that they represent.
Tom Chance, Janet Cobb
Community Land Trust
19Mar25
Becky Lovegrove
Adventure Frome
12Mar25
Encouraging gardeners to adjust their gardening practices, to help mitigate the impact of climate change
Clive Boase
Climate Change Gardening
05Mar25
Delivering our Response to the Nature Emergency Local Climate and Nature Action Plans.
Matthew will be introducing the Local Climate and Nature Action Plan Toolkit, taking us through how it was developed and why, with an overview of what has been delivered through LCNAPs so far in South Gloucestershire. Talking about the value of Local Authorities partnering with and supporting Town & Parish Councils and Community Groups to ensure joined up thinking and action on the nature emergency.
Matthew Lipton
South Gloucestershire Council
26Feb25
Andrew Clegg
Martock
19Feb25
Graham Stoddart-Stones
Long Sutton parish
12Feb25
David Morgan-Jones
Ewshot Parish Council
Community Energy
05Feb25
Stephen Cockett
Wight Community Energy
29Jan25
Liz Reason
Charlbury Town Council
22Jan25
Andrew Holman
Bembridge Environment Committee
15Jan25
Graham Stoddart-Stones
Great Collaboration
08Jan25
Graham Stoddart-Stones, Joolz Thompson, Tristram Cary
Great Collaboration, Community Climate Action, Geoxphere
2024 sessions below
18Dec24
Daphne Du Cros
Shropshire Good Food Partnership
11Dec24
Bob Earll
Himself
04Dec24
Abby Charlesworth
Carbon Literacy Project
27Nov24
Laura Baldwin
Olympic sailor for GB
20Nov24
Gabriella Hayes
DEFRA
13Nov24
Katie Clubb
Forest of Dean
06Nov24
Linda Aspey
Aspey Associates
30Oct24
Ian Graham
Himself
23Oct24
Graham Stoddart-Stones
Great Collaboration
16Oct24
Harvey McGivern
Olio
09Oct24
Beverley Rogers
Welsh Water
02Oct24
Jack Cooper
Postcode Revolution
Why not Underground?
25Sep24
Graham Stoddart-Stones
Great Collaboration
18Sep24
Matthew Boulter
Commercial Services Manager, Dorset Council
11Sep24
Paul White
All about the Place
04Sep24
Chris MacFarling
Forest of Dean
28Aug24
Mike Eccles
Hay Community
21Aug24
Ed Gemmell
The Climate Party (Leader)
14Aug24
Claudine Pearson
Great Collaboration
Peterborough Accelerated Net Zero Project
07Aug24
Gemma Birley
Programme Review
31Jul24
Andrew Maliphant
Great Collaboration
24Jul24
Michaela Cryar
Younity
Funding our Future
17Jul24
Joolz Thompson
Community Climate Action/Great Collaboration
10Jul24
Michael Cunningham
9Trees (CIC)
03Jul24
Andrew Maliphant
Great Collaboration
26Jun24
Sam Smith
Earthwatch
19Jun24
Alex Templeton
CEF/CLT
12Jun24
Toby Bridgeman
Friends of the Earth (FoE)
05Jun24
Adam Birchweaver
Project Officer, Essex County Council Energy and Low Carbon Team
29May24
Lizzie Gimblett
Pupils Profit
22May24
David Dixon
Bridport Town Council
15May24
Jooolz Thompson
Community Climate Action/Great Collaboration
08May24
Dan Sherrard-Smith
CEO and Founder, MotherTree
01May24
Chris Mewes
CEO, Geoxphere
24Apr24
Chris Adams
Bembridge Parish Councillor
17Apr24
Dilys Gartside, Belinda Bawden
Cyclewise Dorset/Dorset Council
10Apr24
Graham Stoddart-Stones
Great Collaboration
03Apr24
Andrew Maliphant
Great Collaboration
27Mar24
Dan Stone
Centre for Sustainable Energy
20Mar24
Ric Casale
CEO, Carbon Copy
13Mar24
Sarah Battarbee, Graham Stoddart-Stones
Great Collaboration
06Mar24
Belinda Bawden
Dorset Council
28Feb24
Maddie MacGregor
Community Climate Action
21Feb24
Jools Townsend
Chief Executive, Community Rail Network
14Feb24
Sarah Battarbee
Grindle Parish
07Feb24
Jennifer Lanham
Cotswolds Natural Landscape
31Jan24
Joolz Thompson
Great Collaboration/Community Climate Action
24Jan24
Graham Stoddart-Stones
Great Collaboration
17Jan24
Bob Earll
Freelance Flood Consultant
10Jan24
Andrew Maliphant
Great Collaboration
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